Wind and rain delays play...

...well, cancels it, more like! We were going to head to a little beach spot with Ruby and Pearl today for an overnight camp but the wind is blowing it's guts out and there is more rain forecast. It is also only about 14C...

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So, I have dinner marinating...

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Baked chicken thigh fillets...

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I think we'll have baked veggie rice with it and a bit of salad. Easy.

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I have mixed up a batch of sourdough, made from this flour I bought in Tasmania...

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I will wait until later tonight to give this a flip and turn, gently folding it in on itself. Then it will rise overnight ready to shape early in the morning then bake.

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The house is tidy, the washing is done so I'm kicking back, surfing the interwebs, Youtubing, sipping tea (this is one I tried at work yesterday...), maybe knitting if I can be bothered...

Hope you have a peaceful weekend too! Cheers - Joolz xx

Coonawarra weekend...

Hop on over to Camping Adventures of Ruby & Pearl to see what we got up to last weekend.
Cheers - Joolz xx

Mish mash...

Here's a bit of a round up of what's been happening in the past week.  Earlier last week, I made these two loaves of Chadd's bread. I bought these two tins in Tasmania and they're handmade. One is a smaller tin which made a cute loaf.  Perfect for gifting a little loaf with homemade soup to someone...

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On Tuesday, I dined out at a local cafe with my four sisters for two of their birthdays.  I had a big bowl of delicious, homemade vegetable soup.

I follow Kelly Rae Roberts on Instagram.  She is a very talented artist from Portland, Oregon USA. I decided I'd like to get her 2017 calendar so I looked online then decided against it because of freight costs and exchange rates etc.   Imagine how pleased I was to find that very calendar in a gift shop in MY HOME TOWN!  I'll hang it up at work above my desk. Happy, happy!
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As we were heading to Adelaide on Sunday, I did some baking for my girls.  I made Cranberry Hooty Creek Cookies ...

...and these Weekender Biscuits. 

I also made two slices - Clinker Slice and Lemon Slice

I made this for dinner last Wednesday...

Thursday was Hasselback chicken, stuffed with ricotta and spinach...

 

 The slices went off to Adelaide with us as I like to send Bri off to work with some goodies for her and her nurse and doctor colleagues.  Anything to make their shift a bit better.  Kirby also took some to work with her too.

We went out to dinner on Sunday night, to Singapore House.  This is a lovely fusion restaurant on Glen Osmond Road.  We had soft shell crab, yellow duck curry, coconut prawns, sticky pork and crispy beef between 5 of us and I had black sticky rice and fruit salad (yum!) for dessert. We'll definitely be going back!

When we were away on holidays in Tasmania, we happened to find a new doona cover at Bed, Bath and Table, in Hobart.  Gus liked this one and I was happy to go with neutral tones but we didn't get it over there, we just took down the name (Orlando). I went to Burnside Village in Adelaide before we headed for home on Monday and was able to buy the set there at BB&T.   Again, happy, happy!

Greys, silver, fawn...

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Stock piling! You've got to do it! Chocolate was all $2.50 a pack, deodorant $3.00 instead of over $4.00, shampoo and conditioner $3.29 half price. Fruit $1.50, down from $1.99 - hubby eats one tub over 2 morning with his breakfast. 

$54.77 saved by stocking up! 

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I love Bircher muesli for breakfast but I think it tends to have a fair bit of sugar in the muesli so I just used 1/4 cup plain rolled oats, 1/4 cup skim milk, 1/2 cup low fat yoghurt, 1/2 cup blueberries and half a grated apple....

This was delicious!  I am also going to try it with chia seeds soon...
So that's me up to date, how about you.

I am still having a bit of trouble blogging from my phone - Blogger is dropping out each time I try and compose a blog so I need to sort that out.  Have resorted to my work pc to put the words to this post!

Be kind to one another and yourself too!

Cheers - Joolz xx

M'smen Moroccan flat bread...

I've had this book for a while now and finally got around to making some of the Moroccan bread called M'smen (pronounced 'em-semmen')...

Read about Hot Bread Kitchen and the good things they are doing for women...

They look good, don't they?

So, following the recipe, I made the dough in my stand mixer, kneading for about 6 minutes...

On a greased sheet, divide the dough into 12 pieces...

Roll into balls and let sit for 30 minutes...

On the greased sheet, gently spread out the dough with your fingers to a 10 inch circle...I found this great for my hands, being slathered with oil...

Place a tablespoon of butter/oil on the circle and smooth it all over then sprinkle with semolina...then fold the top half of the circle to the middle, then the bottom half up over to the middle, making a rectangle...then fold the left side to the middle and then the right side on top of that to form a little parcel...

Rest these parcels for 15 minutes (by the time you've finished the last one, the first one should be ready to cook)...

Taking the first one, on greased parchment paper (I used vegetable oil)...smoosh out the little square to an 18cm square, gently working the dough out with your fingers...

Heat a griddle or large pan, spray with olive oil, a plop the bread, paper side up on the griddle and cook for 3 minutes (this was the time I found to work best for me, you may need less)...

About half way through those first 3 minutes, you will see the dough go opaque, then peel off the paper...

Flip at the 3 minute mark and cook a further 3 minutes on the second side...

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I had two cooking while I flattened out the next two, reusing the paper...

I think it took about 45 minutes to cook the 12 breads, doing two at a time.  The finished product which looks exactly like the ones in the book and on their website, so I was chuffed!

I made a spiced Moroccan chicken dish with pak choy and cous cous for dinner which was delicious with the bread....

I will pick another bread to do soon...

Cheers - Joolz xx

Apple Butter...

This is something new to me so when I found a recipe, I just had to try it.

These are pink lady apples from growers Lenswood, in the Adelaide hills. I know they're not new seasons apples but they are still crisp and sweet and my favourite apple.

After peeling and using my apple cutter/corer, I had the apples done in about 10 minutes.

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In goes the brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger and cloves (I didn't have nutmeg)...

Now, the waiting game as they cook down for 4 hours...

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This was after 4 hours then I Bamixed it until smooth. Then I cooked it on low for a further 2 hours.

It is yummy! I will try it on some porridge or muesli but I think it will also be nice with roast pork. Its tangy and sweet but not too sweet.

Do you like my baby Bon Maman jars?

Cheers - Joolz xx